Master and doctoral students of the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program—Juwon Adenuga, David Adepegba, Laura Gonzalez Fidalgo, Godfrey Lubuulwa, Danny Fratina, Táyé Máyègha, and Elad Sobol—share their performance and compositional chops ...
Dimitris Lyacos, a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, brings his trademark genre-defying flair to Alphabet City in this combination reading and musical collaboration celebrating his literary oeuvre and writing process ...
Bassist and composer Anton DeFade celebrates the release of his latest single and its accompanying cassette tape at Alphabet City, joined by quintet members JD Chaisson, Evan David, Jacob Pleakis, and Brian Wolfe ...
Celebrate the launch of Sony Ton-Aime’s debut poetry collection, a masterwork in imagining an alternative future, navigating our present, and finding language for our common past ...
This event is virtual only.
The first Off-Minor Jazz series of the 2022 season is a celebration of Kenny Clarkes’ birthday and his contributions to jazz history, led by another great drummer Kenny Washington who travels from New York to join the Off Minor musicians on stage.
August Wilson House celebrates America’s greatest playwright with substantial insider interviews, with leading August Wilson actors, directors and artists, national and regional. Hosted and moderated by Chris Rawson, veteran Pittsburgh Post-Gazette theater critic who chronicled Wilson’s career and became a friend. The goal is to capture the memories, anecdotes and insights of those who know Wilson’s epic American Century Cycle from the inside.
Mostly Other People Do the Killing is a group founded on the idea that jazz should be enormous fun. They de-construct jazz standards and weave the remnants into new compositions that the quartet rips into with zest.
Brittany Thurman writes stories for middle grade readers that soar with warmth and imagination. Brittany joins us live, virtually, to celebrate the launch of her new picture book Fly, released in January 2022.
August Wilson House celebrates America’s greatest playwright with substantial insider interviews, with leading August Wilson actors, directors and artists, national and regional. Hosted and moderated by Chris Rawson, veteran Pittsburgh Post-Gazette theater critic who chronicled Wilson’s career and became a friend. The goal is to capture the memories, anecdotes and insights of those who know Wilson’s epic American Century Cycle from the inside.
Screening and live discussion with director Adam Garnet Jones.
WINNER Audience Choice Award @ ImagineNative Film & Media Arts Festival WINNER Best Feature Narrative @ Reelout Queer Film & Video Festival
Journeys From There to Here is a stirring set of essays from leading immigration lawyer Susan Cohen, inviting us to walk alongside her clients as they share incredible journeys coming to America while overcoming unimaginable dangers and often heartbreaking obstacles.
Pianist and Mary Lou Williams biographer Deanna Witkowski celebrates the release of Force of Nature (label: MCG Jazz), her bold, new recording that brings Williams's forward-thinking, experimental compositions to a new generation of fans.